Daniel Tilles
Ernest Wilimowski’s story is one of glory, betrayal and the upheaval of Central Europe’s tragic 20th century.
Culture
Polish researchers create “Map of Monsters” from regional folklore
Devils, dragons, mermaids and ghosts are among the mythical creatures depicted on the map of Pomerania.
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The struggle to save Warsaw’s enclave of wooden Finnish houses
Alex Webber
Activists warn that the city wants to squeeze out residents and gentrify the area.
Number of Poles who read at least one book a year highest since 2010 but still a minority
The most popular writer in Poland for the fifth year running was crime and thriller writer Remigiusz Mróz.
New film on Polish highlanders’ Nazi collaboration stirs controversy
Filip Mazurczak
“White Courage” focuses on a little-known episode of WWII history.
Medieval papal seal discovered in Poland
Only a dozen or so such finds have ever been made in Poland.
Majority of Poles – even non-churchgoers – take part in Easter traditions, finds poll
State research agency CBOS found that 86% of Poles take part in the tradition of blessing a basket of food in church on Holy Saturday.
Thriving craft beer scene leads Poland’s “piwo-lution”
Alex Webber
Polish craft beers have become an export hit.
Centre for study of Polish culture and diaspora opens in Brazil
It will promote and teach Polish language, history and culture, as well as safeguard Polish cultural heritage in Brazil.
“This is a secular state”: Polish government ends subsidies for religious publications
“The mission of the state is not to spread faith and salvation,” says the culture minister.
Bailiffs seize adverts amid bitter price war between Poland’s largest supermarkets
The battle between Lidl and Biedronka has captured public attention but also drawn criticism for their lowering of vodka prices.
All Polish regional state radio stations officially in liquidation
The news follows, however, another courts’ refusal to legalise changes in state TV earlier this week.
Bones of cave lion and mammoth unearthed in Polish cave
The research will help to reconstruct past environmental changes and track the history of Neanderthals.
Polish mint creates world’s first “flying coin”
The coin’s denomination is 1,766 Cameroonian francs, but its real value is much higher, says Mint of Poland.
